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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2015

The 12/15-lipoxygenase as an emerging therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease.

Yash B Joshi, Phillip F Giannopoulos, Domenico Praticò

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yash B Joshi *Department of Pharmacology and Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Phillip F Giannopoulos *Department of Pharmacology and Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Domenico PraticòDepartment of Pharmacology and Center for Translational Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
Temple University · US

Funding

The neurobiology of 12/15 lipoxygenaseR01AG022203 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PRATICO, DOMENICO · 2004 to 2007
$1.0M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG022203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative condition characterized by progressive memory loss. Mutations in genes involved in the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) are linked to the early-onset variant of AD. However, the most common form, sporadic AD, is considered to be the result of an interaction between environmental risk factors and various genes. Among them, recent work has highlighted the potential role that the 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15LO) pathway may play in AD pathogenesis. 12/15LO is widely distributed in the central nervous system, and its levels are upregulated in patients with AD or mild cognitive impairments. Studies using animal models have implicated 12/15LO in the molecular pathology of AD, including the metabolism of Aβ and tau, synaptic integrity, and cognitive functions. We provide an overview of this pathway and its relevance to AD pathogenesis, discuss the mechanism(s) involved, and provide an assessment of how targeting 12/15LO could lead to novel AD therapeutics.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsArachidonate 12-LipoxygenaseArachidonate 15-LipoxygenaseHumansMemorySynaptic Transmissiontau Proteins12-15-lipoxygenaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesArachidonate 12-LipoxygenaseArachidonate 15-Lipoxygenasetau Proteins12/15-lipoxygenaseAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid βbehaviorsynapsetau proteintherapeuticstransgenic mouse models

Identifiers

PMID25708815
PMCPMC4355395
OpenAlexW2008978057

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